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Acts 8:17

Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.

KJV

τότε ἐπετίθεσαν τὰς χεῖρας ἐπ’ αὐτούς, καὶ ἐλάμβανον πνεῦμα ἅγιον.

Greek NT

Tunc imponebant manus super illos, et accipiebant Spiritum Sanctum.

Vulgate

Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

ASV

Then they laid their hands upon them: and they received the Holy Ghost.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λαμβάνω
lambano
verb · 259×
πνεῦμα
pneuma
noun · 379×
τότε
tote
adverb · 157×
χείρ
cheir
noun · 175×
ἅγιος
agios
adjective · 233×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἐπιτίθημι
epitithemi
verb · 39×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: ἐπετίθεσαν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐπετίθεσαν | RP: ἐπετίθουν
  • ἐπετίθεσαν — SBLGNT
  • ἐπετίθεσαν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἐπετίθουν — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§699The hand. Jesus heals the sick and blesses little children by laying hands on them.51 In his name the apostles will do the same.52 Even more pointedly, it is by the Apostles' imposition of hands that the Holy Spirit is given.53 The Letter to the Hebrews lists the imposition of hands among the "fundamental elements" of its teaching.54 The Church has kept this sign of the all-pow…
§1288"From that time on the apostles, in fulfillment of Christ's will, imparted to the newly baptized by the laying on of hands the gift of the Spirit that completes the grace of Baptism. For this reason in the Letter to the Hebrews the doctrine concerning Baptism and the laying on of hands is listed among the first elements of Christian instruction. the imposition of hands is right…
§2121Simony is defined as the buying or selling of spiritual things.53 To Simon the magician, who wanted to buy the spiritual power he saw at work in the apostles, St. Peter responded: "Your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain God's gift with money!"54 Peter thus held to the words of Jesus: "You received without pay, give without pay."55 It is impossible to …
We believe that there are in the Church Evangelical Mysteries [i.e. Sacraments], and that they are seven. For a less or greater number of the Mysteries we have not in the Church; since any number of the Mysteries other than seven hath no foundation in Scripture, or in the Doctors and Councils of the Church. And these seven are as follows: Baptism, Confirmation (Chrismation), th…

Cross-references

  • 2Kgs 2:9 — And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy s
  • 2Tim 1:6 — Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.
  • 2Tim 1:6 — Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.
  • Acts 2:4 — And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
  • Acts 6:6 — Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
  • Acts 6:6 — Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
  • Acts 8:18 — And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,
  • Acts 9:17 — And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou
  • Acts 9:17 — And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou
  • Acts 19:6 — And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
  • Deut 34:9 — And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses.
  • Heb 6:2 — Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
  • Num 8:10 — And thou shalt bring the Levites before the LORD: and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites:
  • Num 27:18 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him;